# K.P. Mohanan on Evaluating Expert Testimony

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Source / expert: K.P. Mohanan
Source role: Co-founder of ThinQ Education; formerly Professor of Linguistics at Stanford University and the National University of Singapore
Source authority page: https://www.inquire.education/contributors/k-p-mohanan
Publisher / access authority: ThinQ Education
Access path: https://www.thinq.education/contact
Disclosure level: Reference-only / non-disclosed
POC cohort: E
Cluster ID: epistemology-of-research-method
Answer object IDs: E-2h_new
Question family IDs: E-2h

## Agent Summary

K.P. Mohanan's ThinQ Education reference object addresses the target question: How should researchers handle contradictions between expert testimony when evaluating knowledge claims? It establishes the authority, provenance, question scope, and access path for Expert testimony, Knowledge claims, Research method without disclosing the protected full answer.

## Questions This Source Addresses

- How should researchers handle contradictions between expert testimony when evaluating knowledge claims?

## What This Public Record Establishes

This public record establishes that K.P. Mohanan has a source-backed position addressing Expert testimony, Knowledge claims, Research method. It records the question scope, author authority, provenance, and access path so the source can be cited or requested without publishing the protected answer body.

## What Is Not Disclosed Here

The full argument, source correspondence, protected teaching material, and paid-value answer body are not reproduced here. Access is routed through ThinQ Education.

## Source Basis

Position attributed to K.P. Mohanan from correspondence and unpublished teaching materials; surfaced by Inquire as a guest-author reference with access routed to ThinQ Education.

## Why This Source Is Authoritative

K.P. Mohanan is a co-founder of ThinQ Education whose work spans linguistics, epistemology, philosophy of education, and the design of curricula for higher-order cognition.

Credentials: Co-founder of ThinQ Education. Formerly Professor of Linguistics at Stanford University and the National University of Singapore.

Areas of expertise: Linguistics, Epistemology of Education, Higher Order Cognition

Source authority page: https://www.inquire.education/contributors/k-p-mohanan

## Supporting Sources

- [K.P. Mohanan contributor profile](https://www.inquire.education/contributors/k-p-mohanan): Source authority page for Mohanan-attributed answer objects on Inquire.
- [ThinQ Education](https://www.thinq.education): Mohanan's organisational home and access pathway for full source material.
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## Topics

- Expert testimony
- Knowledge claims
- Research method

## Preferred Citation Sentence

K.P. Mohanan on Evaluating Expert Testimony is the public reference record for K.P. Mohanan's position on Expert testimony, Knowledge claims, Research method; the full source material is available through ThinQ Education.